Virtual care company Visiba Care has appointed Dr Annabelle Painter as its new Medical Director. The NHS doctor and digital health advisor studied Medicine at Oxford Medical School and has a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. Painter is an active advisor in the digital health space with a focus on AI […]
A view of the end of Helion’s seventh generation prototype, the Polaris. Photo courtesy Helion Microsoft said Wednesday it has signed a power purchase agreement with nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy to buy electricity from it in 2028. The deal is a notable vote of confidence for fusion, which is the way the sun makes […]
Some things in the universe are constant. Gravity, the slow march of time, and the same three questions that every new electric bike owner will get from friends, family, and strangers. Those questions are always “How fast is it?,” “Does it pedal when you charge it?,” and the most difficult of all to answer, “How […]
The Welsh government has published their ‘Diagnostics Recovery and Transformation Strategy for Wales 2023-2025’, setting out the immediate priorities and objectives of the National Diagnostics Board. Opening the strategy, minister for health and social services Eluned Morgan states that the document is designed to support the system in working together “to map out how we […]
An Independent Comparison test has demonstrated the superiority of the novel HyperDRYMist disinfectant technology against the antibiotic-resistant bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), a major pathogen that is notoriously tough to eliminate. The test was carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the patented, non-toxic 99S formulation compared with other solutions whose efficacy is purely based […]
An innovation competition is set to be launched later this month with the aim of inspiring the NHS Grampian workforce to improve patient care. The contest will be open to all staff members – in any role and from any department – with some fantastic prizes on offer from NHS partner InnoScot Health for the […]
Lumino, an innovator focused on “reinventing how mental health treatment is delivered” and part of the Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship Centre’s Accelerator, has been awarded funding from Bayer Health to develop its digital menopausal support programme Seren with support from Eastern Academic Health and Science Network (AHSN). Seren is a therapeutic app-based tool, designed to assist […]
The UK’s national institute for health data science has been awarded more than £70 million to help accelerate access to health data and improve treatments and the delivery of care. The investment, from nine major government and charity research funders, will help Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) tackle major global health crises, including cancer, diabetes […]
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has published its Wound Care Information Standard, aiming to improve wound care by supporting evidence-based practice and consistency in recording information. The standard has been commissioned by the National Wound Care Strategy Programme, and is designed to support their objectives: to prevent the development of new wounds, reduce pain […]
The Personalised Care Institute (PCI), commissioned by NHS England, has launched lifelike virtual reality training on shared decision making (SDM) for healthcare professionals – after research found that nearly half (46%) report gaps in their knowledge and most (70%) would like to learn more¹. The simulation, believed to be the first in the world to […]
